Alaska Science Forum: A yearly flood into the Gulf of AlaskaSatellite data has confirmed that the amount of freshwater released into the Gulf of Alaska from streams and rivers in Alaska and northern Canada is about 1.5 times what the Mississippi River dumps into the Gulf of Mexico each year. That astounding flow of water is from rainfalls that soak Southeast Alaska and the south side of the Alaska Range. The other half comes from the melting of snow and ice from glaciers. ...

Council talks pathway through townIsland Trails Network has proposed a pathway that would connect downtown Kodiak to the current pathway stretching along Rezanof Drive, but the city council had some qualms about getting into a big project that could have unexpected costs in the future. The proposed path would start at Pier 2 and would run through downtown Kodiak and next to Kodiak high and middle schools, Baranof Park and the East Addition subdivi...

NLC Power Rankings: Teams enter final week of regular seasonDimond’s boys basketball team can claim something no other team in the country can — it beat Vashon Island. The Washington state school is entering this weekend’s 2A Regional play with a 21-1 record. The Pirates’ only loss came to Dimond in a 48-47 overtime defeat at the Cactus Jam Tournament in Arizona. Since then Dimond owns a 10-5 against in-state competition. Now for the Northern Lights Conference Daily Mirror...

Rush announces retirement Don Rush, administrator at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, has announced plans to retire. Don has served in Kodiak for the last 12 years, leading a high-performing team that brought positive change, financial stability and growth in services during his tenure. His legacy is the culture he fostered through humble leadership and the dedicated people of Providence who continue to provide excellent and compas...

Southwick shoots down KodiakPalmer’s Clayton Southwick denied Kodiak a chance to win back-to-back games for the first time this season. The talented freshman tied a career high with 29 points in leading the Moose to a 45-38 Northern Lights Conference boys basketball victory Tuesday in the Mat-Su Valley. Southwick was at his best in the third quarter. He knocked down four 3-pointers and scored 17 of his team’s 22 third-quarter points, as the ...

Grand jury indicts owners of Kodiak strip club Wild Alaskan A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment against the owners of the boat-based strip club Wild Alaskan, charging them with improper disposal of human waste into waters in and around Kodiak. The U.S. attorney's office in a news release Monday said Darren K. Byler, 54, and his 46-year-old wife, Kimberly Christina Reidel-Byler, were indicted after they made false representations to the U.S. Coast Gua...

Love triangle led to assault at Coast Guard base, court documents stateA classic love triangle mixed with a case of mistaken identity left one man hospitalized with serious injuries and another in custody after an attack at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. A Kodiak business owner sneaked onto the base Thursday afternoon and beat a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife, leaving the victim unconscious, his face swollen and lacerated. But State Trooper Ryan Lott told the suspect, M...

Sharon Lynn MooreSharon Lynn Moore died on January 26, 2015, in Kenai, Alaska. A memorial service is scheduled for February 6, 2015, at 2 p.m. at the Star of the North Lutheran Church, 216 North Forest Drive, Kenai. Pastor Corbie Cross will officiate. Sharon was born May 2, 1955, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She arrived in Alaska approximately one month after the March 27, 1964, earthquake and tsunami disaster. She was raised on Kodiak ...

Public Safety Blotter: Feb. 24Jan. 22 At 1:38 a.m., police arrested a man on Simeonoff Street on suspicion of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth degree. At 2:46 a.m., police arrested two men on Marine Way for having open containers. At 4:07 a.m., a caller reported annoying dogs on Perez Way. It was quiet when officers arrived. At 7:21 a.m., a caller reported vandalism on Mill Bay Road. It’s under investigation. At 11:36 ...

Assembly identifies federal prioritiesThe Kodiak Island Borough Assembly designated their top federal program priorities and adopted a single project on their federal capital improvement program list. The lone project was the Kodiak landfill wastewater treatment plant. The borough is requesting $1,825,000 toward the $16 million project. The borough attributes the need to new Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation requirements necessitating th...